Garment



B. H. REEVES Aug. 22, 1939.

GARMENT Filed July.21, 1937 INVENTOR.

HYS ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 22, 1939 GARMENT `Byron H. Reeves, Calumet City, Ill.,assigner to Winer Manufacturing Co., Hammond, Ind., a

corporation of Indiana Application July 21, 1937, Serial No. 154,812

2 Claims.

This invention pertains to wearing apparel and has among its importantobje'cts the provision of a garment in the nature of a jacket or .coathaving a removable hood or helmet and means V for removably attachingthe hood to the collar portion of the jacket.

A more specific object is the provision of a garment having a standingcollar or a collar which may be folded into standing position, and

m a helmet having a lower edge portion an-d slide fastening means forsecuring the upper edge portion of the collar and the lower edge portionof the hood or helmet together along a completely closed seam. Anotherobject is the provision in a garment of the type described of means forremovably joining the lower edge portion of a hood or a helmet to theupper edge portion of a collar so as to provide a continuous andcompletely closed juncture or seam between the two members withoutincreasing the thickness of material about the neck of the wearer.

Still another object is the provision of a garment having a collaradapted to be raised to standing position about the neck of the wearer25 and a hood or helmet having a continuous lower edge portion andcomplementary slide fastening or interlocking fastening means attachedto the edge of the collar and to the edge of the hood, and means forjoining or interlocking the fas- 30 tening elements, or disengaging thesame, for

partial orv complete attachment of the hood to the collar, or completeseparation of these parts.

'Yet another object is the provision of a garment having a standingcollar with an upper edge portion, and a hood having a continuous lowere-dge portion, and means for attaching the hood to the collar with therespective edge portions in closely confronting relation so as toprovide a smooth and continuously closed s-eam 40 of no greaterthickness than the thickness of the edge of the collar.

Still other objects and novel aspects of the in vention reside in theparticular manner of attaching the fastening means and in other detailsof construction and operation of the invention as will appear fromthe'following description taken in view of the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the upper p0rtionrof a coat with thehelmet attached;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the upper portion of the coat withthe helmet partially detached or unfastened;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sec- 55 tion taken alonglines 3-3 of Fig. 2; while Figs. 4 and 5 are complementary sectionalviews similar to Fig. 3, but showing the members of Fig. 3 separated.

The provision of hoods either permanently or removably attached togarments is old and well known in the art, and the attachment of ahelmet to the collar portion of a coat is likewise known to the art.However, in prior practice the hood or helmet has been attached to thecollar by means of buttons or snap fasteners of one form or another,which practice necessitated the existence of several folds of cloth inthe region of the juncture between the hood or helmet and the collar.This naturally results in a bulky and awkward garment and one which is15 uncomfortable to the wearer when the collar and hood are closelyfitted as they naturally must be to keep out as much of the elements aspossible.

Moreover, these prior devices all share the common feature of havingwhat is termed for y it is apparent that there will be spaces orportions between the hood and the garment which are likely to be openedby various casual and natural movements of the wearer, which movementstend momentarily to flex the material and thus open or wi-den thejuncture between the hood and garment. So that in addition to providingan unwieldy and uncomfortable attaching means, these prior devices havethe additional disadvantageof aiording only incomplete protection.

Still another objection to these prior devices is the fact that aplurality of manipulations is usually necessary to attach or detach thehood from the garment, that is to say, a number of buttons or snapfasteners must be manipulated for this purpose.

The present invention overcomes all of these difficulties andundesirable peculiarities of the prior art devices by providing acontinuous connection between the extreme edge portions of the` garmentcollar and the hood or helmet in a manner hereinafter to be described indetail, and in addition to providing a means whereby the hood may beattached or detached with a single movement or manipulation, theinvention provides for a continuously closed seam which is smooth andfree from binding or unwieldy thickness in the region of the seambetween the hood and collar.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is 55 illustrated in Fig. 1 andincludes a helmet or hood iii having a lower marginal edge Il and anupper arcuate prole edge l2, the latter being provided with an elastici3 adapted to draw the marginal or profile edge portions closely aroundthe face of the wearer when in use.

A jacket or coat lli of any style, for instance a lumber jacket orMackinaw type shown, includes what is termed herein for convenience astanding collar I5 having an upper marginal edge terminated at itsopposite ends by vertical marginal edge portions I'i.

The collar I5 is normally adapted to be folded down upon the coat in theusual manner (not shown), and when the collar is in raised or standingposition the marginal edge I5 is uppermost and adapted to confront thelower marginal edge II of the helmet.

The helmet I is preferably made from a single thickness of fabric, andas seen in Figs. 3 and 4, the lowermost marginal edge II of the same hasa body portion I8 folded inwardly back upon itself to provide an edge ofdouble thickness, and while this feature is not essential, itsdesirability in the present embodiment will later appear. An elongatedslide fastener mounting fabric or strip I9 is attached to the edgeportion I I by any means such as the stitching 20 with the lowerlongitudinal edge portion 2l of the mounting strip` disposedsubstantially on a line with th-e lowermost marginal extremity of theedge i I, the fastening elements 22 being disposed along this edge 2l atspaced intervals in the manner well known to the art, and beingdimensioned to have their lowermost extremities 23 (Fig. 4 especially)extended very slightly below the lowermost marginal edge portion II. Tothis slide fastening element 22 is preferably attached the slidable ormovable runner or interlocking rider 24 (Fig. 2).

A second or complementary slide fastening strip 25 substantiallyidentical with the strip I9 is mounted between opposite thicknesses 26and 2 of the collar I5 of the jacket, upper edge portions 28 and 29 ofthe collar being folded inwardly to provide a quadruple thickness ofmaterial and also to provide what may be termed a longitudinallyextensive channel in which the second or complementary mounting strip 25is disposed between the folded edg-e portions 28 and 29 for attachmentto the latter by such means as the stitching 3Q. The attaching elements3| on the strip 25 are arranged to lie very slightly below the uppermarginal edge portion I6 of the collar, and in this sense may be said tobe substantially hidden from view when the hood is detached from thecollar. The helmet attaching strip I9 (Fig. 2) is provided at one of itsextremities with a guide clip 32 adapted to facilitate the positioningof the helmet and its attaching member relative to the collar attachingstrip.

It is important to observe in Fig. 2 particularly that the collarfastening member or strip 25-3I terminates at each of its extremities 33at a point substantially spaced from the vertical edge portions I'I tobe tailored for as close a fit as may be desired, while conforming theprofile or facial edge portions I2'of the hood as closely as desired tothe facial contour especially in the regio-n of the Vmouth and chin.Thus by carefully tailoring the hood and the jacket, with a specialreference to the collar thereof, both the hood and collar may bedesigned to t the average wearer with any desired degree 0f closeness,the provision of the edge elastic I3 further enhancing this feature.

The hood I0 may be readily attached to the collar I by positioning thealigning clip 32 on the stationary or collar slide fastener strip 25 andthereafter sliding the rider 24 toward the opposite end of the strip,thus interlocking the two slide fastener strips and providing acontinuously and firmly closed seam or union between the lower edge IIof the helmet and the upper standing edge I6 of the collar.

From an examination of Fig. 3, it will be readily 'apparent that an eventhin juncture results from the arrangement of attaching means hereindescribed. Attention is called to the fact that the quadruple fold alongthe edge I6 of the co1- lar is greatly exaggerated in the drawing forthe purpose of clear illustration, and in reality is of only slightlygreater thickness than the adjoining double folds 26 and 2T of thecollar material.

Moreover, as will appear from an examination of Fig. 3 in particular,the arrangement of attaching means herein described provides for theclose confrontation of the outermost marginal edge portions II and I6 insuch a manner as to protect and shield the fastening mechanism 22-3I,itself, from the elements, as well as from view, so that the entrance ofwind, snow or ram is entire-ly prevented and there is no evidence rtothe observer of any attaching mechanism or unsightly line of demarcationbetween the helmet and collar.

It willabe apparent, of course, that various modifications may be madeof the particular embodiment herein described explicitly for purposes ofillustration, and it is intended that all such modifications, variationsand rearrangements in form or substance of the improvements herein setforth are to be included within the call of the appended claims.

Having thusvdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

l. A garment having a collar with an upper marginal edge portion havingopposite terminal extremities, and an interlocking slide fastener stripattached to said marginal edge portion and substantially flush with theedgewise extremity thereof and terminating at its opposite ends ininwardly spaced relation to each of the said terminal extremities ofsaid marginal edge of the collar, and a hood having a lower marginaledge portion adapted to confront said marginal edge of the collar andhaving a complementary slide fastener strip attached to the inner sideof said marginal edge portion thereof and substantially flush with theedge thereof, together with slide fastening means cooperable with saidslide fastening strips to interlock the same with said marginal edgeportions of the collar and the helmet in closelgT confronting relation,the opposite ends of said lower marginal edge portion of the helmetterminating substantially at the aforesaid opposite ends of the slidefastening member on said collar.

2. A garment having a collar adapted to be raised into standing positionrelative to the neck of the wearer and formed of two thicknesses offabric, the uppermost marginal edges of which are turned inwardly backagainst themselves each toward the other, an elongated slide fastenerstrip disposed between said folded edge portions and having slidefastener means arranged along the uppermost edge thereof substantiallyin alignment or even with the uppermost marginal edge portions of saidfolds, said strip and folds being secured together, and a helmet havinga lower marginal edge portion with opposite extremities converging intoan arcuate facial profile edge in the helmet, the latter having portionsadjoining said lower marginal edge thereof folded inwardly back uponitself with an elongated slide fastener strip secured thereto and havingalong its lowermost edge portion fastening elements extending slightlybelow or beyond said marginal edge portion and adapted for interlockingengagement with the first-mentioned slide fastener elements on saidcollar, slidable fastener means for nterlocking said fastener elementsof the hood with those of the collar, said several fastener elementsbeing arranged to dispose said converging extremities of the marginaledgel of said hood at opposite points spaced inwardly of the terminalextremities of said marginal edge of the collar.

BYRON H. REEVES.

